By Timothy Nsubuga
31st January 2011
The ghost voters of Lalogi-Gulu
The Electoral Commission’s official voters’ register for a polling station in a remote part of Gulu district in northern Uganda has tens, perhaps even hundreds of Bantu sounding names, Uganda Correspondent can reveal.
The register was sent to Uganda Correspondent by a concerned Ugandan who thought it was highly suspicious that such a remote rural corner of Gulu could be that “cosmopolitan” with so many names of people you wouldn’t ordinarily expect to find there.
The register in question is for Jaka Parish, Lalogi P 7 School polling station in Omoro County-Gulu district. On this register, there are ‘un-Acholi’ names like Byamukama Moses, Byamugisha Innocent, Arigabire Michael, Arinaitwe Annet, Arinaitwe Pauson, Ainebiona Giorias, Akampurira Emanuel, Abigaba Geoffrey, Abireba Dickens, Adam Enock, Adam Yusuf, Aduba Vitala, and Amodoi John.
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